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Date:      Fri, 15 Jan 1999 08:22:04 +0000
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>
To:        walton@nordicdms.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: keyboard freeze
Message-ID:  <369EFAAC.53F60BE@uk.radan.com>
References:  <19990115075522.6329.qmail@modgud.nordicdms.com>

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Dave Walton wrote:
> 
> I just installed 3.0-RELEASE on an old 486 (with Cyrix 5x86 chip).
> For no apparent reason, the keyboard keeps freezing up.  The only
> way I've been able to get it back is by logging in remotely and
> rebooting.  The system has only been up less than 24 hours and
> I've already had to reboot at least half a dozen times.
> 
> Most of the time, it's been happening in X, but that's probably
> because that's where I've been using the system the most.  It also
> froze up once before I even had X up and running, while I was just
> using the vtys.  I've tried swapping keyboards, but with no
> improvement.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 

This is merely a suggestion, I don't know for sure, but look in the
LINT kernel config file, there's a whole stack of options for Cyrix
chips. Maybe one of these needs setting and a new kernel making.


> Thanks,
> Dave
> 
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